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Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019

Floor Speech

Date: Feb. 6, 2020
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Chairman, I rise in favor of the amendment and also the underlying bill.

As a proud union member myself of Workers United, SEIU, I see the importance of sticking with my union. Even though I am no longer active on the job, I want to pay my dues.

Unions have brought us the middle class; they brought us the weekend; they brought us the benefits that ordinary people have in order to have a living wage and a successful life.

I also want to say that the amendment clarifies that the ABC test included in the PRO Act does not preempt any State law governing the wages, worker hours, et cetera, and so it is a very good amendment.

But I want to say, for three decades, we have seen corporations trying to undermine workers' rights to gather together for their own benefit. Finally, today, we are going to pass a bill that gives workers those rights.

Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.

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